Kukla's Korner Hockey

There has been a lot of speculation that Matt Duchene and Ryan O'Reilly might have a problem with each other. That maybe there is a rift between the young centers, and speculation on what that rift might do to the Avalanche's locker-room atmosphere.

So Friday morning after the Avs skated at the Pepsi Center, I bluntly asked Duchene and O'Reilly: "Is there a problem between you two?"

"No," Duchene said. "We're still buddies, we're teammates and we both want to win together."

Said O'Reilly: "We're still friends. I don't know where some of that stuff got started."